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But he only said to his little friends with a smile, "You'd better go now and we'll have that story later." "Affer beckus?" suggested Mary Emmeline. "In the woods," added John Wesley. Mr. Hamlin nodded blandly. The children trotted to the door. It closed upon them and Miss Bird's parting admonition, loud enough for Mr. Hamlin to hear, "No more freedoms, no more intrudings, you hear."
The older culprit, Hamlin, retreated luxuriously under his blankets, but presently another new sensation came over him absolutely, hunger. Perhaps it was the child's allusion to "beckus," but he found himself wondering when it would be ready. This anxiety was soon relieved by the appearance of his host himself bearing a tray, possibly in deference to Miss Bird's sense of propriety.
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